jrvieira

Would that be your SSN in the US for example? I don't think most people would be in favor of that.

Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US have no government-issued compulsory identity cards for all citizens.

Yes.

hell, semantic web even. we wouldn't need AI

Not all countries have centralized systems with comprehensive national databases, some purposefully fragment record-keeping across different agencies and limit their access accordingly.

Privacy laws and constitutional protections vary widely across democracies and - in my estimation - for very good reason.

I don't see how we can arrive at an alternative interpretation if we follow your argument to its logical conclusion.

You can verify that you're above a certain age while remaining anonymous by way of zero knowledge proof, for example. There is no need to involve a government in a transaction of information that is outside its scope.

That's not how "attack surface" works. Having your information centralized is what makes you vulnerable.

You talk like we all live under the same government, and like it would be a good thing if we did.

In this particular case, they definitely did.

Why do you think that's the only way?

try not vibe coding. it's even better

They probably just meant that protocol prevents them from giving you access to them.

I feel like everyone already understands that argument and it won't convince anyone that it's any less of a lie.

Modern machines do. But the dominance of imperative assembly is more about historical momentum and engineering tradeoffs than fundamental necessity. We don't have to go all-in on Von Neumann.